Settling in

Hi everyone! This is Hilary's older brother, Justin, in New York City. Due to the fact that Internet access is hard to come by and/or very expensive, I will be helping Hilary post things to her blog. Just wanted to throw up a quick post to let everyone know that Hilary has arrived safely in Uganda and sent me a quick update (I'm sure a more in depth update will follow):

Uganda is great so far, a little overwhelming but very exciting. The house they prepared for me is much larger than I expected with multiple rooms, running water/toilet/shower, and a kitchen area where there will be a fridge once it gets here. Everyone here is incredibly welcoming and nice, and the kids at the orphanage are absolutely adorable and have already taken right to me. I visited the school I'll be teaching at today and got to say hi to all the kids, all 500+ of them! I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm starting Friday, so I'll figure something out. The other teachers are very nice though so I'm sure I can count on them if I need assistance.

If you guys have questions for Hilary, post them in the comments section and she'll answer them in future posts.

A quick note: We've set up the blog so that the timestamps on the posts reflect the time in Uganda (7 hours ahead of EST!) so don't think there's anything wrong with your computer!